06-24-2020, 04:40 AM
(06-24-2020, 04:24 AM)Prestige Wrote: Downvotes do not scare me.
This is simple. Children grow. They might become a problem, according to this wild scenario, at the age of 14? And by then it's only four - three years left before they're 18 and 'normal' in the eyes of the community. However, old characters, stay for as long they feel like it. Nothing is stopping them from never stepping out of the spotlight and refusing to accept that they're past their prime and should let, you know... The new generation take over.
Well, there are age nerfs. At age 50, if I recall correctly. I suppose then we might see some of them stepping down.
I do believe less penalties for very young characters reinforces this issue, though.
I'm in complete agreement with the general consensus that there should be a time for characters that have been around for too long to step down, and this is absolutely a far healthier direction for the setting overall.
However, the problem here is not exclusively PCs with old age, as you can make as one of those whenever, and rather, PCs that have existed for an extended period of time. When the consequences of hanging around as a ~10 year old PC are diminished, we stimulate players to go for it and remain in the scene for even longer.
As it stands, making at age 10 does not have repercussions as punitive as it should. We have 40 IC years until we have to start worrying about our lifespan and our capacities dwindling.